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      ; Hsauk ob LosDON DrmisQ . THB wbbk . —In the ¦ week ending last Saturday , the deaths of 1 , 124 persons were registered in the metropolis ; this number snowing only a small decrease , on the return of the previous week , though- ' the latter was unduly swelled by an extraordinary influx of coroners ' * cases . In corresponding weeks of 10 previous years ( 1840 , 9 ) the average number of deaths was 918 , which , If corrected for increase of population , becomes , 1 , 001 , the excess in last week amounts there f ore to 123 . The following series exhibits the deaths registered S * f * i LSS ^ fcegHroiug of March ; they were 875 , 96 * . 1 , 026 , 1 , 167 , and in the last week 1 , 124 . The present return , as compared with that of the preceding week , sh « , w a decrease in the epidemic

      «**> of diseases , an increase in the tubercular , and in diseases of the b rain and nervous system ; but in complaints affecting the respiratory organs the "in . f Urns are a " most the same . As compared with the corrected average of 10 corresponding weeks , ^ the present return shows a decrease in epidemic diseases , but a considerable increase in mse-ises of the respiratory organs . Bronchitis was ** la ! last week to 119 persons I pneumonia to 8 &; asthma to 23 ; laryngitis , pleurisy , and other com-¦ pl aints of the same class to 25 ; the deaths in the agg egatefrom these causes being 253 , whereas the corrected average is only 166- Consumption destroyed 13 i persons , nearly the average number . Two boys and three girls died of laryngimus

      stridulus . In the epidemic class , small-pox was fatal to 4 persons , measles to 10 , scarlatina to 17 , hoopingcough to 2 ? . croup to five , influenza to 8 , diarrhoea to 15 , erysipelas to 15 , typhus to 34 , the mortality being less than usual from all these causes , except fyphns , which is about the average , influenza , diarrhoea , and erysipelas , which are above it . A death frem cholera occurred on the 31 st of March , at i , Pho ? nix-street , North St Giles-in-the-fields . The deceased was the daughter of a beer-shop beeper , of the age of 7 years , and died from the " English cholera . " afier 16 hours illness Mr . Simpson the Registrar , mentions that " the medical attendant , before certif ying the cau ? e of death , called on him to explain that if the late epidemic had prevailed at the

      present time , he would have considered it right to return ihe case as ' ¦ Asiatic cholera . '' The disease commenced with excessive sickness and diarrhoea , and the latter speedily assumed the appearance of rice water purging , attended with cramps . The father of the child died of 'Asiatic cholera' during the late visitation . No other person is now ill in the house . ' * Two pen-ons are reported mis wees : as having died of Intemperance , or of disease engendered by it . On the 9 th of March , at Bethnal-green workhouse , a female servant died at 28 years of age , " of " bilious cholera ( after an illness of two days ) . " The daughter of a weaver , aged 14 years , died at 9 , Rose-street ,

      Bethnal-green , of " cholera . " A child of 22 days , on whfira an inquest was held , died in Farringdon-street of "inflammation ofthe peritoneum from exposure to cold . " Four children were accidently suffocated la bed . Thebiiths during the week were 1 , 343 . - —At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 365 in . The mean temperature was 49 . 9 deg ., higher by 4 . 5 deg- than the average of the same week in seven years ; aud no less than 137 deg . higher than in the week immediately preceding . On Monday and Tuesday it was respectively 6 deg . and 7 deg . higher than the average .

      The Goxdkmsed Convict is Horsemosgkr-lake Gaol . —Thomas Deni y the young man who was condemned to death at Kingston-upon-Thames , on the -nd inst ., for killing his illegitimate offspring , at Ewoli , with an awl , was immediately after his conviction removed to Horcemonier-lane Gaol , when he was placed by Mr . Keene , the governor , in ihe cell so lat-ly occupied by Manning , the murderer u £ O'Connor . He seems very much to feel his awful situation , and cried the whole of the night . lie now and theu protests that he is innocent , aud that Eliza . Tarrant , the mother of the infant , committed the murder . Should no resoite be received , the nnhappy man wiU be executed at Hors * monger-lane Gaol , on Mondav morning , the 22 d inst .

      Determined Suicide—An inquest was held on Saturday last , by - Mr . Bedford , at the Queen ' s Head , Sberrard-itreet , Golden-square , on the body of Mr . Robert Wilkin Tabor , aged 67 , a master plumber and painter , carrying on harness at . No . 10 , Lower James-street , Golden-square . It appeared that the deceased had been in a low and desponding state for s ; me time past , arising from the fact of his h-osiaers having fallen off , together with disappointment and some family afflictions . On Friday morning last the deceased appeared unusually dejected . He left home on some business transactions , and returned about e even o ' clock : in about half an

      hour afterwards the report of a pistol was heard in the direction of the deceased's bedroom , and shortly afterwards the deceased was discovered sitting on the seat of the water-closet adjoining his bedchamber , quite dead , with a pistol-shot wound in his right temple . Mr . Chilcote , a surgeon , said that the bail had penerated the brain , producing instantaneous death . Two pistols which had been in the deceased ' s possession for some years , and were kept loaded in his bedroom , were found lying on the floor of the closet , one of which had recently been discharged , and the other had missed Are . Verdict , * ' Temporary insanity . "

      Daeixg Robbery of a General Postman . —On Monday morning , shortly af ; er nine o ' clock , a most adroit robbery of a general pos'inm was effected at the corner of Leadenhall and Gracechurchstreets . It appears that W . Peckhara , the Leadenhall " walk * ' le ' . ter carrier , was in the habit of meeting his assistant ( a junior postman ) at the door of the establishment of Messrs . Mayne and Re : d , the large floorcloth manufacturers , where they opened a large letter bag , containing the letters for the whole

      ofthe walk . These letters were tied in bundle- ' , assorted for delivery . Peckham , that morning had a very large number , and while he was dividing one of the bundles , he pat the 1-ag upon the flo -r near to the sh-. p door , when three men rushed up to the doorway , and in a moment the bag aud the remaining bundles of letters were gone . The matter has caused the greatest sensation throughout the City , and the authorities at the Post-office are now actively engaged in making the necessary inquiries for the purpose of detecting ihe highwaymen .

      Important to Householders . —In a recent case heard before P . Bayley , Esq ., the judge of the Westminster County Court , it was decided that although afire had occurred in a chimney the day after it had been visited by the servants of the Rameneur Company , the plaintiff could not recover any damages , inasmuch as the company only undertook to " sweep " che chimney , and not to " scrape " it . Pise asd Loss or Ltfh . —On Tuesday evening , ¦ between six and seven o ' clock , the immediate neighbourhood of Park-street , Bankable , Southwark , was alarmed by a fire breaking out in the premises belonging to Mr . Carpenter , situate in Moss ' s-allev , in the before mentioned street , which ,

      it is to be regretted , was attended with fatal results to the wife ofthe owner ofthe property . It appears that some of the neighbours whilst passim ; the building were astonished by hearing loud screams proceeding from one of the apartments on tke first floor . A dense body of flame being seen shining through the front windows ,-clearly indicated that a fire h . vl broken out . The policeman on the beat therefore sent a messenger to call the firemen . In the course of a few minutes Mr . R . Henderson , the chief officer ofthe D district of the Londou Brigade attended with an engine and his firemen . lie then found ihe bed , bedding , and furniture on the first

      floor in a blaze . The firemen and inhabitants , after much trouble , succeeded in getting the flames subdued , when a most pitiable scene presented itself , for Airs . Carpenter , the wife of the owner of the property , was found to be so dreadfully burnt that the fiesh , when touched , peeied off her body . A medical gentleman was instantly sent for , who , -upon inspecting the calcined remains , pronounced life totally extinct . The origin of the calamity , notwithstanding that a diligent inquiry has been made by- the officers of the Brigade , remains at TCeseniuSwnsstery .

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      EU 3 KrZLKHENT OF * . 2 , WUU BX A 1 JISSESTING PiicacaEK . — The magistrates of Ipswich have issued a warrant for the apprehension ofthe Rev . Thomas Smeaton , chirged with the embezzlement of £ 2 , 000 belonging to the shareholders of the Suffolk Building Company , in connexion with which he hold a responsible situation . L > -aUBOBMSA . TIOS OK A CONVICT HULK . — A somewoat serious case of insubordination has occurred on board one ot the convict hulks in Portsmouth harbour . A telegraphic despatch from the Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard at Portsmouth , was received on Saturday l * st , soon after

      eleven o ' clock , announcing that the convicts on board the Stirling Castle , moored near the entrance ofthe lurbonr of PortsD ^ ftajpfe Hfl d been in a sta te of insubordination duricg ^^ jdwhole of Friday . . night , which still con jinned ^ SlrLGeorge Grey immediately despatched Mr , . VoojgSi superintendent of convicts , in Portemou ^ h ^ iavestigate the circumstances attendiui tha * rj @ fdiug , happily so unfreqaent . Tbe convicts w ^^ d et ; this h ulk are those condemned . - . to Various tejHRS -of ; transnortati n ^ and are . placed . ¦ ffiere to um ^ rgo ^ the preparatory , stage of their disT - ciplined labour , before they are selected for trans-. mission across the seas . The complement on board . ihe Stirling Caat ' e is from 400 to 600 " . -

      Thb L & . TE Case of Poisosino is Cambridge-« hikb . — Although-several petitions have ' been presented praying for a . mitigation of , the sentence of £ Uas I ^ ucas and Mary iEeeder , the . two persons'riow uider . sehteace ofdeath lying in the county gaol ,, no » tice has been taken ofthem , and it-is expected \ ajfc the ^ two eulpnto ¦ will ; 8 Hffier . the ! extreme penally jthelawen Satordayj ( thisoay . ) ' ' Since ' the conaaoa of the female criminal she ha »; appeared per-

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      fectly tranquil , and seems fully prepared for her fate ; Lucas also evinces muchpenitence ? he has made ' no direct confession of his guilt ) although he repeatedly says he deserves to be hanged , and- that he has brought it all on himself ; It is a remarkable fact , that a relative of the female , named William rbaeder , was executed in 1830 , in company with two other men , for arson , on the same spot where the culprits will suffer . , ¦' .. „ " .. _ . Murder , nbah . Newport . —A murder , still involved in mystery , has been discovered in the neighbourhood of . Newport , Monmouthshire : The murdered peraon is a fe ' nale , named , Lewis , who resided at Bas < alleg , a small village on the Machan side of the Tredegar Park , and distant about three / jmilea Wed

      from Newport . Mrs . Lewis left her home on - nesday , for the purpose of going into Newport to make purchases , and not returning at the _ hour she had stated , her family began to feel uneasiness , although no apprehensions of anything serious having occurred were entertained until nightfall , when it was supposed that something wrong had happened , and an investigation was commenced . _ The search continued through Thursday the 4 th inst , but nothing wag discovered of the fate of the missing woman until the night of that day . when her body was discovered in a wood at no very ereat distance from the village of which she was a resident , and so fright fully mangled as to leave no doubt than she was waylaid on her road either to or from her home and brutally murdered . The head was shockingly disfigured , the eyes being driven in as if the head ha ^ been battered by some heavy instrument , and the clothes were saturated with blood . The person who

      found the body ( the son of the unfortunate deceased ) gave immediate information to the police , who at once repaired to the spot and conveyed the remains on a hurdle to the nearest public house . As yet no idea can be formed as to the person or retreat of the murderer or murderers . On Tuesday morning the superintendent ofthe Cheltenham police arrived in Bristol en route for Monmouth , with two persons whom he apprehended on the previous night on a charge of murder . The prisoners are Maurice Murphy , aged 21 , a native of Blarney , countv of Cork , and Patrick Sullivan , aged 22 , a native of Minchurstoa , county of Cork . On information being given to the police of the murder of Mrs . Lewis , and in consequence of the prisoners' speedy disappearance they were suspected , and information sent to the several police depots in the district , which led to the prisoners' apprehension . Their clothes were very much stained with blood . On the prisoner Sullivan were found a small iron crowbar and a razor .

      Ghbai Firs at Coitenham . —Forty Farms Burst . —The village of Cottenham was , on Thursday night , the 4 thinst , the scene of one of the largest conflagrations that has ever been known in Cambridgeshire . The flames were distinctly visible for miles round . Soon alter eight o ' clock two farms adjoining one another , belonging to Mr . Goode and Mr . Graves , were discovered to be in flames , and a strong breeze blowing from the west , speedily fired the adjacent property . The villagers adopted every means to arrest the progress of the destructive element , but the trifling means at their command had but little effect in checking the flames . Farm after farm became fired , and the lured glare in the heavens which lighted up the csuntry for miles round . ' led to

      engines and other assistance being despatched from Cambridge , Chesterton , St . Ives , Ac . Towards four o ' clock in the morning the conflagration was Plastered . As may be supposed the loss is very great . According to the report furnished to the Fire-offices , the following are the principal sufferers : — Mr . F . Goode , farm destroyed , with dwelling ; Mr . T . Graves , house and farm burnt ; Mr . R . Watson , residence and farm consumed ; Mr . J . Rapworth , farmer , all burnt ; Mr . T . Ivatt , farmer , whole ofthe farm destroyed ; Mr . T . Morling , gardener , bouse , lodges , < fec ., burnt ; Black Ilorse , Mr . J . Chivers , brewer , consumed ; Mr . J . Chivrrs , blacksmith , destroyed ; iWr . Collins , farmer , premises destroyed ; Mr . R . Ne > vman . brewer , except house , all destroyed ,

      with 100 barrels of b ? er ; White Horse , Mr . Norman , consumed ; Air . Haird , auctioneer , destroyed ; Mr . J . Todd , farmer , all burnt , except house ; Mr . J . Watson , farmer all burnt ; Mr . W . Papworth ,. farmer , all consumed ; Mr . J . Everitt , farmer , except house , all consumed * ; Methodist chapel , consumed ; Mr . T . Giwtrey . farmer , dwelling-house saved , farm destroyed ; Mr . E . Ivatt , farmer , destroyed ; Waggon and Horses , Mr . Korman , destroyed . Total loss nearly £ 100 , 000 . Besides there are between forty and fifty cottages destroyed . The losses will fall heavy on the Norwich Union and the Farmers' Fire Insurance Offices—to the amount of about . £ 14 , 000 . The space traversed by the fire was enormous . It seemed as if half the village had been laid , iu ruins ' ; and yet the fire had been capricious in its course , for here and there was to be seen a bouse standing almost uninjured , in the very midst of black and smoking ruins . The labourers worked wi'linglv and well , so

      long as a chance of doing any go A remained ; but th ' .-ir efforts , aided as they were before long by gownsmen from Cambridge , were so manifestly unavailing , that people at last stood by in helpless and despairing inaction . Farm after farm , and cottage after cottage , fell before the flames , and by three o ' clock in the morning , when further immediate danger might be said to be over , the awful destruction was completed . Happily , however , no human lives were lost ; nor did any horses or cattle fall victims to the flames . A vast quantity of poultry and pigeons , an-i a good many pigs were destroyed ; but all the horses and neat stock were removed out of harm ' s way Of course , numbers of poor families have been rendered homeless , and many of them have lost all iheir little store of furniture : we need hardly say that these have been cared for by their more fortunate neighbours , as will as circumstances would allow .

      Stbike of Agkicui-tubai , Labourers . —Nearly the whole of the farm labourers iu the parish of Cotgrove , seven miles from Nottingham , still refuse to take the reduced wages offered by their masters , this making the eighth week of their strike . To support themselves aud families they depend on the benevolence of the public , taking different circuits in groups , askinsr alms . It is said they raise as much as keeps them and their children from starving ' . On the flih of February last the masters met , and then determined to reduce the wages from 10 s . to 9 s . per week , and in a few weeks they were to be only 8 s . This the workmen refused , and oh the following Monday morning they all struck work unless 10 s . per week was promised them . Hence the unfortunate diffe rences now existing between the masters aud their labourers . The chief part of the land in the parish belongs to Earl Manvers .

      Threatening Letters . —For a considerable time past a gentleman of some eminence in Manchester has been annoyed by the receipt of anonymous letters of a threatening character , and latterly they have assumed a deeper dye , and rendered it necessary to the gentleman ' s health and peace of mind that measures should be taken to prevent the annoyance , by discovering the author . It was therefore arranged , with the concurrence ol the Post-office authorities , that an officer of the detective police should be placed on the watch , with instructions , on a signal being given from within , to apprehend tlie person who had dro .-. ped the last letter into the letter-box . This

      Ins led to the detection of the dastardly author . A few days ago the Post-office clerk appointed to watch the letters as they dropped through the box discovered the well known superscription on a letter , and instantly gave tlie appointed signal , when the police officer outside seized the gentleman who had posted the letter , informing him that he was arrested on the charge of sending threatening letters to Mr . —— . Tfie captured coward , terror stricken , exclaimed , •' Then I am detected . " Great efforts are being made , it is said , to i-duce the injured person to forego the pr-secution and exposure . The delinquent is an attorney in Manchester , connected with a firm of long standing in that town .

      The Poisoning at Stow . —It appears that there is every reason t » believe that the melancholy event of which , we lately gaie the details was entirely accidental , that the poison ( arsenic of which Mr . Page used a quantity for sheep-washing , & c ., ) was laid in a closet in the kitchen , where the tea things used to stand , and thus became , probable , mixed with , the sugar , the packet being disturbed in looking for something else . A packet of arsenic , which Mr . Page ' s shepherd had given to his master in October last , was found in this closet . Providentially , there have been no more deaths .

      Incekdiauy Fibe . —On Saturday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock a . m ., a destructive fire broke out at Barge Farm , near Maidenhead , in the occupation of Mr . George Cross . From the circumstance that the premises appear to have been lighted at more places than one , there is no doubt of its haying been a most determined and diabolical act of incendiarism . The fire was at first discovered by the occupier of the farm , when it was found that two large barns and the adjoining ricks were in flames , lie immediately summoned his labourers to the spot , and Soon afterwards t * o engines arrived , but water could be obtained only at a considerable distance , by causing one , engine to play into the other . ; -. The

      flames had in the mean time quickly extended along the range <> f farm- buildings , owing to the wind blow- ; ing strongly , at the time , and n considerable while ! elapsed before they were subdued . From thecontiguity ofthe ricks to the burning premises it wasim-i possible for them to escape destruction ! , The . pro- ! perty burnt consists of two large barns—one filled with nnthrashed cats , and the other containing about twenty : five quarters of wheat , ' and a considerable quantity of barley—a ' n extensive wheat-rick , ahay r rick , and two other ricks , besides agricultural machines and implements . . The buildings We insured in the County Fire office , and the , other property is insured in the Royal Exchange office . ' The large reward of £ 250 is offered for the detection of the

      offenders . , , i .,, : . .. , ., * . -- . ¦ , ¦' .. . ¦' ,... ' ; .,.. ¦! .,., ! . ExTRAORMNARY , Bbah . ^ -A few days ago , at Uxbridge ; a - ' youth ' . under . ' twenty years of age , walked twenty , miles in less than three hours . . For the firat " 300 yards the ground had a slight ascent , and thereafter Yuniform level . ' Theroad " was in good order ;' and the youth , who weighed some' & fc . 91 b ., ' and measured five feet six inches , started on . bis arduous

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      undertaking . The weather-was favourable , save a scowl of cloud in , the , nineteentfc and twentieth miles , and the mode in which , the ,. walker won . may ; be best gathered from the Hirae . ' : ^ pile ' s , ; ' ; i ^ mlnutes ! fi 8 seconds . ;; 4-mileV 32 . minutes 47 : jsecbhdi ; ' 6 ' miles , 49 minutes 55 '¦ seconds ; 8 -miles ? L hour Y minutes 39 seconds ; , 10 miles ?? 1 hour 25 * minutes 3 seconds j 12- . miles , ; 1 hour 43 . minutes 6 seconds ; . 14 miles ; 2 hours 21 seconds ; 16 miles , 2 hours 18 minutes 17 seconds ; 18 miles , 2 hours 37 minutes 48 seconds ; 20 miles , 2 hours 53 minutes 17 seconds . Thus winning byl minute 43 seconds ; mucfr distressed . ' *

      . Apprehension ofthb Birds . —Bird and his wife , were apprehended on the 6 th inst . at Coleridge , near Bideford , on a charge of having assaulted and otherwise maltreated Mary Ann Parsons . They were examined on Saturday before the magistrates . During the proceedings'the female prisoner was taken so ill that her removal became necessary , and the further proceedings were adjourned to Monday . She became rapidly worse after her removal , and , notwithstanding medical assistance was promptly rendered , she became delirious , and continued in that state when the accounts left Bideford on Sunday .

      Bruiai , Murder . —On Monday last two men , named Edward Craine and Thomas Gill , proceeded to a hill-side on the estate of Renabb , parish of Maughold , for the purpose of procuring a bundle of heather for the making of brooms ; while thus em gaged the proprietor of the premises observed them , and remarked that he should quickly make them remove their quarters . In accordance with this determination , he at once set fire to the dry furze and heather , directly under the place where the poor men were engaged , as above stated . The fire spread with great fury , and it was only by rolling himself down the brow ofthe hill , and falling over the edge of the precipice into the river underneath , that Gill escaped , whilst his unfortunate companion , who was a pensioner , aged eighty years , and quite a cripple , was left in his helpless state a prey to the devouring element . After the flames had subsided Gill went in search of Craine , whom he found burnt to a cinder . The proprietor of the heath has been apprehended . —Manx Liberal

      A troudle 3 omb Presekx . —A man , habited as a gentleman ' s servant , knocked at the door of the mansion of Catchfrench , in the parish of St . German , on Tuesday night , about nine , o ' clock , and left a large basket tied down with cord , with the iwo female servants , saying it contained some things for the Hisses Granville , the ladies of the house ; he then departed , saying he was going to look after his gig , which he had left in the neig hbourhood , and would be back again shortly . The girl who took the basket , said , as the man would soon be back she would defer taking it to her mistresses till his return , but on setting it down rather hastily she was astonished to hear the shrill tones of an infant voice issuing from it . In the utmost surprise and alarm the servants ran to acquaint their mistresses , whose consternation may be easily imagined on

      finding the nature of the present they had been favoured with . After due deliberation , however , tho basket was opened , and was found to contain a fine male child apparently about afortnightold , nicely dressed and deposited with every care for its comfort and convenience . There was also a note written in a good hand , addressed to the Misses Granville , informing them that the parents ofthe child were unable from the pressure ofthe times to . bring him up as respectable as his ancestors , and therefore hoped that they would take compassion and ' adopt him . No clue has yet been obtained of the actors in this strange and unusual proceeding .. It is needless to say the man did not return , but it has been ascertained that he came in a gig and passed through the neighbouring toll-bar . The infant will most likely be placed in the St . Germans Union workhouse , — Cornvia . ll Gazette . ""*> ..

      Esses . —Wreck of the Royal Adelaide . —Information having been communicated to Mr . Codd , "oroner , that the body of a woman had been found on the Maplin Sands , in the parish of Foulness Island , that' gentleman summoned a jury for Friday last , when it appeared that she was found by a man named Belton , and carried to an outhouse attached to the King ' s Head public house in Foulness ; that on searching her he found in the pocket of her gown several letters , two of which wore dated respectively the 7 th and 10 th of March , 1850 , from Warley Barracks , commencing "My dear wife , " and signed " John Harrington ; " also , a pair of child ' s socks and a string of beads . ' Mr . Miller , the surgeon , stated that he had made an external examination of the body of the deceased , ¦ and found a wound upon her right temple , which

      was then still bleeding , and a bruise upon her right lef *; both had been received during life , and were of a trivial character ; that he believed from her appearance she was an Irish woman , and about 35 years of age . He was inclined to think , from the manner in which she was dressed , that she had been lost from some vessel and washed overboard whilst in the act of dressing ., Verdict , "Found dead . " Since the inquest information has been received of other bodies having been washed upnamely , that of a man with , a' cork jacket , at Harwich ; a woman at Great Holland , a child at Little Holland , and a child at Frinton ; but as there can bo no reasonable doubt under the circumstances that they arc the bodies of parties drowned at sea , and probably belonging to the Royal Adelaide , Mr . Codd has declined holding inquests upon the bodies .

      Strike or Aoricultvjuai . Labourers . —A movement took place last week amongst the agricultural labourers of Stisted , which , but tor the wise discretion with which it was met , might have led to serious consequences ; and we regret that a very exaggerated account of the matter has been published , charging upon the gentlemen who interposed the failure of their exertions , and upon the labourers the commission of personal violence , neither of which has the slightest foundation in fact . It appears that the wages of . the labourers haying been reduced from 8 s . to 7 s . on the Saturday night , a party of them assembled on Monday morning and proceeded from farm to farm , persuading others to , join them , thus gathering as they went till" theyjiollected a body of about 200 ,

      some of whom had sticks . They presented rather a formidable appearance ; but , ' beyond a little rough language to the farmers , who endeavoured to prevent their going upon their land , they committed no outrage , and on the arrival of a body of police they dispersed . The next morning , however , they mustered again in increased numbers ; Captain M'Hardy had taken the precaution of having a body of men near at-hand , but it was resolved to try persuasion , rather than force , and accordingly Mr . O . S . Onley and the Rev . C . Forster proceeded with him to the throng , and their conciliatory and judicious words , deriving ,

      weight from the desire they have ever shown to promotethe comforts of thepoprj calmed the storm of discontent ; the men dispersed , and the next morning returned peaceably to their employment . As not the slightest injury was done to person or property , no further steps , we learn , will be taken in the matter ; it is riot true that warrants have been issued against some parties , and it has been wisely , we think ; resolved ,: since the" men seem by their return to order and . industry sensible of their indiscretion , to pass . over without further notice the heedless , and happily harmless , outbreak . — Essex Herald .

      Asother Fatal Wreck . —Letters received on Tuesday at Lloyd ' s , state that the loss of the barque Emma , Captain Christie , master , belonging to Dundee , on her passage from Newcastle to Montreal , on one of the Orkneys . On the morning of the 1 st inst ., at daybreak , the vessel was observed off St . Margaret ' s , at anchor , about half a mile from the shore , the wind at the ' time , blew tremendously from the S . E . Amidst the fury of the gale the ship was discovered adrift . Those on board managed to make sail on her ,, and she stood to the eastward , && 4 then tacked and stood to the north , when she

      drove and struck on the rocks with terrible force . Her fearful position was seen from the shore , but it was uttterly impossible to render any assistance to the crew . The poor fellows took to the rigging and their cries and gestures for hel p were truly heart-rending ; their sufferings , however were but for short duration , for within half-an-hour the masts were carried away , and the whole of the unhappy creatures met a watery grave . The hull ofthe ship was shortly broken up into a thousand fragments .

      Gowks , Ism of "Wigh t , April 6 . —The Phoenix pilot-boat , of this port , arrived here last night with the captain , crew ,. and passengers of the -American brig Lincoln , of Boston , United States , who were taken out , of the German shi p Maria Christina , of Altona , Toss master , off Portland bound up Channel to Hamburgh . The master * of the Lincoln informs us that he sailed from Boston for California on the 29 th of January last , and pursued his voyage under favourable cu-cumstances until he had reached the latitude of . 4 N ., and longitude 25 W ., when at 10 . 30 , p . m . of , March 2 hd , " duririg " a heavy shower of rain , and witjho . ut any irienacihg sign of lightning , the ; vessel was struck with the electric fluid , which , shivered the mainmast and found its way into the hold . _ On opening . the scuttle , volumes

      of smoke were emitted ; and , finding it impossible ' to extinguish the fire ; they endeavoured to ' stifle it by closing every aperture .. In this state , they remained for nearly four days , with , the fire burning in : the hold , when they ' were relieved from their . perilous situation by'the providential appearance of the Maria Clirislinai arid taken or ^ bbard .., ; Prpvibus to leaving the ill-fated brig the hatches were opened when the'flames buraVforthiand in . thirty minutes . afterwards , : thc ; mainmast . fell ! over ' theside . , ' Caojtain Averijl isj . very . anxious . 't p ; publish to ! , the world fie very kind . treatment that ho and hiaunfor (; uriiit | e crew and ' pass ' sengers received from' Captain Yobs , who . did eyer ^ thirig ' in . his , p 6 wer- ' -tb ' . comfort them in'their distress . ' . ; -. . ! . ' .. ' . , 1 ' . ' ' i

      The'Mininq Districts . — " We ( Norih ' firiiish Mail ) regrettoloarn ! that the " greater . part ^ of ! the-miners employed in-the mining districts' around 'Airarie , including those workin g at the Dund yvan and

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      Gari ; ' sh ' eme piifl ,,. haver since Saturday . week been out on ^ strike . ?! , . This .. ' u rifortuhaJei , circUmstance ig ;' occ asioJ ) e'd , ; vie undei'sta ' hd , by ; , A , resplutipn adVp ' todiby ^ h ' e ^ empldyerBVtbv ' reduce the . wages of themihers'tb 2 s . 6 d ' . a'd ay . ;;! For afewmontbs past they have receive ^ 3 s ., a day , the . advance . ' of 6 a . P er diem havihg ^ recently ; beeii v Cpnoeded ; by , the : masters , who now . wish to bring wages back * to the old standard . : The ! men have , . as yet , . manifested a steady deterrainatioh . tQ resist the reduction ' ,. Meetings have already beeu'heWi attended by large numbers / at one 0 f which , held at Clarkston during the week , there could riot have , been fewer , than . 5 , 000 present . We trust this unfortunate misunderstanding between the masters ' aridtheirworkmen _ niay . be amicably adjusted . Indeed , we understand the miners themselves , have expressed a strong desire to have the matter settled , it possible , by the arbitrationof tho sheriff ofthe county . ' < :

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      Tenant Movement In Lbinstbr.—Jueretoion ...

      Tenant movement in Lbinstbr . —jueretoion the tenant movement has been confined to the nortb and south , but arrangements have commenced foi holding meetings in the midland counties . A preparatory meeting was held on the 3 rd inst ., at Mullingar , the Rev . Dr . O'Rafferty , Roman Catholic Vicai genera ) , in the chair , when the ! following resolution was adopted : — "That , alarmed at the gradual annihilation of landlords in this county , owing principally to the continuance of high rents , entirely disproportioried to the price of produce , we hereby pledge ourselves to use every constitutional exertion to secure a reduction of rent , and a fair adjustment of the relations between landlord and tenant . " \ Tt was also determinpd that n mpflfinir nf tin ? ! It was also determined that a meetinof the

      g county of Westmeath should be convened b y public requisition / and a central committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements ; The Rev . J . JSavage , one of the Roman Catholic clergymen of the district , in a letter to the Freeman ' s Journal , says : — ¦ ' The free trade principle has . given a large loaf to the poor , and brought everything to its fair and natural value except the land . The landlords are determined to perpetuate the crisis , and to cling with the convulsive grasp of hands and teeth to the old rents , as Satan clings to his victimp . " The tenant movement is also in active operation in the county of Cork and the Roman Catholic clergy are taking a leading part in the

      meetings . t ! Rblibk Advances . —The ! guardians of the Waterford Union are still remonstrating against ! the order of the commissioners for the immediate payment of JE 4 , 000 towards the liquidation of the Treasury advances , made during the famine . Sir H . W . Barron , M . P ., presided at a meeting of the guardians on Thursday , the 4 th inst ., when a memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant was adopted , containing a description of the exhausted condition of all classes , stating that large numbers of farms are untenanted and abandoned—that in the towns of the union the same distress prevails—that ' * in the city of "Waterford large numbers of the best houses are untenanted , and £ 5 , 000 per annum of the rateable property is

      insolvent , " arid praying his Excellency ' s interposition with the Poor Law Commissioners for an extension of the time of repayment as promised by the First Minister of the Crown , " The Cappcqcin Insurgents . — The Waterford Aews states that the four men sentenced to transportation at the last assizes , for attacking the police barracks at Cappoquin , have been transmitted to Spike Island . " ,. ""' , ' !'' , Encumbbred Estates Commission . —rEigbteen more petitions for the sale of estates have been filed in the Encumbered Commission Court . The total number is now 653 . The principle ofthe Bi'l of Sir J . Romilly , which is to be re-introduced into Parliament , is now earnestly advocated , even by those journals which have most vehemently opposed the measure on its first announcement . Some of the

      northern journals advocate the bill , as affording facilities to tenant-farmers to acquire ultimately the feesimple of their holdings . The Banner of Ulster remarks , that " no man is able to buy the lowest tenant-right of a farm can , under the provisions of this bill , it we rightly interpret its meaning , experience any serious embarrassment in securing a complete perpetuity , provided only that he and a . sufficient number of his neighbours will organise among themselves a joint stock association for making the required purchase at the Commissioners' sale ; and provided abo that they will take ' eare to have legal ¦ ir rangements in readiness ; so as to obviate future difficulties in regard to regular payments of interest , together with fixed sums for the progressive extinction of the capital amount originally harrowed . "

      A reprieve has been received from the Castle of Dublin , by Captain Henry Bolton , high sheriff of this city , to stay the execution of the two men named Dowling , convicted at last assizea ofthe murder of a bailiff named Hogan , near Clonea . It is expected that a commutation of the sentence to transportation for . life will immediately follow . Operation of the Poor Law . — Mr . Tufnell . one of the secretaries of the Treasury , returned to Dublin on Saturday afternoon , from Cork and Limerick , in which places , during a hasty visit , he had visited the workhouses , and made as much personal inquiry as time permitted respecting the condition of those unions and the working of the poor-law . ' The official inquiry in the Kilrush Union has been

      brought to a close . It appears that the mortality in the workhouses of that union has been considerable , amounting to one hundred and four deaths , in the fortni ght ending on the 31 st of March last . The affairs of the Kilrush Union are still attracting much attention , and some members of the House of Commons have been making inquiries there during the recess . The Limerick Chronicle states that Mr . Loch , member for Wick , was in Kilrush on Thursday last , and " commended highly the workhouse management , the condition of the inmates , and the care taken of the hospital patients . " Although out door relief has been generally discontinued , the system still . prevails pretty extensively in a few of the unions . In Newcastle ( countv of Limerick ) ,

      according to the last return , the inmates ' of the workhouses amounted to 3 , 820 ; and the number on' the out-door relief was t , 700 . In Ennis Union the persons receiving out-door relief amounted to 6 , 435 . The cuardiansofthe Newcastle Union have applied to the Poor-law Commissioners for liberty to institute proceedinss in the superior cnurts ' against landlords who owe large , arrears of poor-rate . Evictions . —A correspondent of the Freeman gives the following particulars of recent " extermination" in Tipperary : — "On Monday , March 25 th ; the sheriff ' s dimly , accompanied by Captain Bradshaw . of Pegsboro , and a party of police , proceeded to the lands of Newtown , parish of Donohill , the property ofthe Rev . Beninmin Bradshaw , where seven tenants

      were dispossessed . Four of the houses were levelled to the ground , and three others locked up after every article of furniture had been removed , The sheriff's representative was then met by Mr . T . Scully and conducted to a property belonging to Vincent Scully , Esq ., " Q . C .. Dublin . One h ' ouie was levelled in Ballyneal , and three families were turned out in Pallas Donrhill , also the property of Mr ., 'Vincent Scully—fifteen other families having been evicted from the same townland , and their houses levelled within a year . The party next proceeded to Kilpatrick the property of Lord Hawarden , and under the direction of Mr .-Stewart , the land agent , dis possessed fourteen families . . These poor people , some of them rather . comfortable farmers , derived

      under a middleman , and many of them produced their receipts for the November rent . Still , amid the showers of snow and the piercing cold of that day they were turned out , and actually driven ; pff the lands , as they were told his lordship wanted their farms for a sheepwalk .: "Since then most of them are squatted in sandpits , and the ditches of the neighbouring ! townlands ; " : The aggregate meeting of the citizens of Dublin , convened in pursuance of a requisition to the Lord Mayor , to petition tho Legislature against the cohteriiplated abolition ' ' of the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , was held on Monday in the round room of the Rotunda . Admission to the platform and reserved seats was by ticket , the price to the former

      being half-a-crown , and to tho latter , ' , one shilling ; but shortly after the commencement of tho proceedings tho whole ofthe edifice was crowded almost to excess , tho audience including some ladies ; in the reserved places . The chair was taken by the Lord ; Mayor . Resolutions ' condemnatory of the intended abolition of the vice-regal court were adopted . '; "' 1 The Political Exilbs . —In the list of guardians of the Limerick Protestant Orphan Society appointed for the ensuing year at the annual meeting hist week appears the name of Mr ;; ^ illianv Smith ; O'Brien ; It was but ' a few months since : that the same gentleman was re-elected a ' member of a literary institu tion established in' : Ljmerick , and his health toasted " With allthe honours" in the presence of an assemblage composed of men ot' very possible creed , ' political or religious : - • '•' . . ¦' ; Lord Wkstsikath m Tire Poor Law , —In reply to a vote of thankspasscd tothe Marquis of

      "VVestmeath by the ' guardians / of . the Carnck-oa-Shannon union ; his Lor'dshipobserve ' s- — " The seltibhmotives which have caused the bringing into parliament , and the passing of laws ' , inexcusable in . many re- , specta , have been well shown up * and put in proper contrast , by your . patient ¦ ¦ endeavours , at- every personal sacrifice ; 'to ' execute the . provisions of this deservedly odious © ode , . You -have been' largely- the 'victims- ' - ' of' an , ; ' , unconstitutional- ' and "tyrannous system j crushin g the industry of the country ! on-all hands . The Unions of Mohill and Roscommon and the property of theni" which toucn ' theif borders have been , victimised in like manner—so our , stpry ' is not *; « Jn ? h ' - . ' ^ PPn * < W it , < as ; : all human crime ' has its limit , and its retribution , the'time is hot far distant whenthebeople of Great Britain willrmder ; stand that the rum of this country ; under the name $ ' $£ } % ? $ #$ have advanced , the " ends , ' either avowed or concealed ; fof which ' they were undertaken , » ----,, - - ; . V i Tag Rbpsai . AssooiATiOM ^ The usual weekly

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      meeiihg ^ ofthe . ROTearAssdcJation . was ^ at Conciliation Hall on Tuesday . '' ; There was a very / small attendance . ' / . ; MriiRafferty occupied the ' ctiaWyM John O'Connell . announced the rent fbrthe week to be , £ 4 , and stated that if : the ; country . idid : nbtic 6 riie forward to support ! the association , it would be impossible ' forhim to 'k eep the doors of Conciliation Hall open much longer . ' ' •;• • ' ¦ . ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ " ¦ - ¦* --- - - The Lord 'Mayor br-DuBWN . —At a ' meetirig of the corporation ' . on . Tuesday , it was . resolved that the Lord Mayor should present the-memorial of the corporation , to . the Queen , against the . removal , of the viceregal court , arid also the petition to the Houseof Commons for the saine purpose . A tremendous row : erisued , an'd Mr . "Walker brought

      forward his resolution ,. declaring , that Mr . Reynolds had continued ; to hold the office of Lord Mayor illegally since his name was struck off- the burgess roll , and that it was expedient . that the council should immediately proceed to elect a fit and proper person to fill -the office . —Mr . Hamilton moved an amendment . —The Lord Mayor then read the opinion obtained from the English' Solicitor-General on tho question ofthe Dublin mayoralty , and which wais to the feffect that Mr . Reynolds could only be removed from his office of Lord Mayori under all circumstances ot the case , by means of a quo warranto ; . that he did not consider he would be liable to more than one penalty for his official acts , and that he might legally appoint a locum tenens whose acts would be valid , and who would not bo

      personally liable to any penalty . An opinion of Sergeant . Greene , the late Attorney-General for Ireland , was also read , and according to it , a mandamus would be required to enable the corporation to take any step prudently for the removal of Mr . Reynolds from his bffice . ~ Mr . Walker intimated that , if he had been aware Of the existence of those documents he would : not have persevered with his notice . —A division , however * was taken on Mr . Hamilton ' s motion , and the numbers were—twenty-four for the resolution , and only four against it , An inspector of police , who ' was called up to the chair by the Lord Mayor during this disturbance , remained near him , and it was expected every moment that a serious row would have taken place . There were also several police constables in the room , arid waiting below stairs to obey any orders they might receive .

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      , ' - '• GLOUCESTER . . The Chjltbnham Poisoking , Cisb , —The prisoner , Eriiiinuel Burnett , was charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Gregory , at . Cheltenham , 'by' the- administration of arsenic : The case occupied from nine o clock in the morning until ten at-night . —Mr . Greaves and Mr . Huddleston prosecuted ; Mr . Symonds and Mr . Powell defended the prisoner . —Several witnesses were examined , who stated the various circumstances of tho case , which have already been detailed in our columns , and the Jury returned a verdict of "Not Guilty . " —The prisoner was then indicted for the wilful murder of Samuel Gregory , but Mr . Greaves declined to offer any evidence on this charge , and the prisoner was acquitted , and left the court with his friends .

      Perjury . —Sarah Peters , a respectable-looking married woman , with an infantat her breast , was indicted for wilful and corrupt . perjury . —Mr . Skinner was counsel for the prosecution , and Mr . ! W . H . Cooke for the prisoner . —It appeared that on the 25 th October , at a Tolsey Court , holdeh at Bristol , an action of debt for goods sold and delivered was tried , in which-the husband of the prisoner was the plaintiff ,, and a person named Milward the defendant . , On that , occasion the prisoner , who had been married to the plaintiff since the cause of action arose , wastendered and gave evidence as a witness for ' the plaintiff , in the course of which she ' swore , upon cross-examination , that she was not related

      to the prisoner ; that she was a widow ; that she was a perfectly disinterested witness ; and that she was not married to the plaintiff . The verdict was , upon her evidence , given in favour of the plaintiff , and it turning out that all her statements as to her interest in the case were false , the present prosecution was instituted against her . Notwithstanding a very ingenious defence , in the course of which the prisoner ' s courisel' illustrated practically how even experienced witnesses might state that which was untrue 'when- confused by cross-examination , the prisoner was convicted , and sentenced to a fine of Is ,,, and to twelve months ' imprisonmen t and hard labour .

      CHESTER . Porgeuy . —Thomas Walker , aged 44 , was indicted for having forged , at Frodsham , in this county , a promissory note for the payment of £ 90 , with intent to defraud the legatees of Daniel Erie . —It appeared that the prisoner was ' a man in very good circumstances , and with the prosecutor , Joseph Button ,-was entitled to a large sum of money under the will of the late Daniel Erie , of Frodsham , who died several years ago . On the death of the testator , the parties concerned under the will were desirous of bringing matters to a settlement , ' arid amongst other things , it was considered desirable to sell , a portion of the testator ' s landed property at Frodsham tothe parish

      authorities . The , prisoner , who was an executor as well as legatee under the will , at a vestry meeting of the parishiohers : of Frodsham ,-objected to the sale of the property until a promissory note , which he alleged he held from , Mr . Daniel , was acknowledged arid payment promised by his co-executors and legatees . After considerable delay , the prisoner produced the note at the office , of a solicitor , ' named Purcell . It then purported to bear the signature of the testator , and to have been witnessed by William Walker , the brother of the prisoner . The promissory note was alleged to have been g iven about fifteen years ago , but the -prisoner was informed by Mr . Purcell that , it was worthless , as there was no indorsement of interest on the back of it . The prisoner said that was of ' no

      'consequence , as he had memoranda of . payment of interest at home . It appeared that no steps were taken either by the prisoner , as the holder of the alleged promissory note , or by the legatees under the will , to prove . that it was a forgery , for a period of four or five years , until a few weeks ago , when the production of the note was required , and it was then given iip by the prisoner , and purported to be attested by his brother , . William Walker , and also to have several-indorsements of the payment of interest on the back of it . A few days before the note came into the possession of the constable , the prisoner had given notice of action to his co-executors , for the recovery of £ 90 , the amount . of ; the note in question . It ' was shown that when the note was at Mr . 'PurceH ' s office there were no indorsements

      upon it . . Witnesses were called , who expressed their conviction that the signature of "Daniel Erie" was not in Mr . Erie ' s writing , and the brother of the prisoner proved that his signature as attesting witness to the note was a forgery , —M . M'lntyre , who appeared for the prisoner , contended that the promissory note was a genuine one , and that the present indiotinent would not have been preferred had hot notice of action been served for the recovery of the value of'it . —The jury found tho prisoner " Guilty , " and he was sentenced to seven years' transportation . ' Manslaughter by a Gamekbepbh . —John Woodfine , aged 39 , was indicted for the manslaughter of George Moulton , on the 28 th . of'November last , at

      Coddingtori . . This case excited considerable interest . It appeared that on the night of the 2 Sfch of November last there were six poachers engaged in an affray with the gamekeepers of j ; H . Leche , Esq ., of Garden Hall , and R . ' Aldevsey , Esq ., of Aldersey , three of whom are in custody on a charge of poaching , two of whom escaped , and the sixth was the deceased George Moulton . Early on the morning in question , Woodfine , the prisoner , who was gamekeeper to Mr . H . Leche , was out watching in the vicinity ! of the hall in company with a Watcher , when they Heard the report or guns , ' which they thought proceeded from a wood called Barton Plantation . They , went' there , but found no poachers . While in the wood they heard firing in

      the direction of'Aldersey ; and Woodfine proposed to . go and call up ; George Lightfoot , Mr . Aldersey ' s head gamekeeper . ' The , party accordingly went to Lightfobtfs house , and knocked him up , and having heard firing again went towards a wood known as tho ' Sobbercroft Plantation . ; The plantation is a short one , abutting upon a lane called the Dog-lane-, and tevminatirig in the fields . The firing now bss came so , ! distinct that the keepers were satisfied pqacherswere in the plantation . Whenthe'keepers got ; . ' hear' the spot where tho poachers were * the iatterimade ^ off towards " Chester , and the keepers pursued themuntil they very nearly reached them . "Woodfine arid Li ghtfoot were armed with guns , and Moulton ; with , a . cudgei ; ' Woodfine then called out

      to the ppaohers . to , " - stand " One of thena replied , " Go to the deVii with you . " The keepers again shouted ,.. " . Stop ,-for we are determined ; not to be humbugged . " . The poachers then tuvnted vound ' and faced the keepers within a ' very few yards / some of whom were , armed with guns , ' anil the' rest with to fri ° " ; Th M Poachers graduall y retired when Woodfine , who was ' a little in-advance of his' companions , called out to them ,: ' * Kow , lads , let ' s in to them . " "Wpodfine . fi . rst ' sprang forward with his gun up * and struck one of the ' poachers ' onthe head , receiving a ' severer mo ' vf in return . Another ' blow w levelled at him , but before it descended Formes .

      f ' , hildkhbokedthe ' , man down , a desperate "tight ensued ; hi , the ! course . of which both parties -were severely beaten ,, atid ' one , or two of the , poachers knbokod senseless ! into ! a ' ditch .. ! the . prisoner stated that during the , fight , brie . of the , raencanie , towards him , with'his gun ' presented , ' arid ' whioh ' he , believed w 6 , uld have spot Wrii' had . hejabt ; come , m andstr . ubk ; the , gub , on oriesideVwWch immediately exploded , 3 n & ' \ Gebrge ,, Moulton , was ! se ' eri . to-falt i . mme ' dia telyt "'' the fl ^ longcuYbut twoif the poachers haying " fled ,. andtwo bthei'a b ' eirig senseless on tho ' groupd , ; the , rest were ' easily sCoure'd ^ Srid'tho" deceased carried toa'farmhouse in the neighbourhood , where ho died . A aur

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      geon who was calledjinlproy ed the deatw ^ f ^ to have ; bqen causedi b y . gunshot , wounds th ^ n having entered-theJower part of . the Xn ^ s m compretelyjdestroyed ^ portion of th e , 1 ^ ^ d vi 8 cera .-Mr . Townsend , Q . C ., defendedT ^ soner , and the learned-Judge havW , „ J " Prithe . case , , inr the course of which -he took 1 ^ « p condemn the practice of sending out narfi m n to ™ /! / e aoons for the protection of ? l the jury found the prisoner " Not GuUtv >• game . ¦ l i NORWICH ., * Assault . —Robert Willemorit , aged 9 i dieted : for wounding James Ems , while £ * T as cutwn of his duty as a police-constabl P IH e * eof January , lS ^ .-Mr / jW prosecut ° 5 'H l 0 « i William Copper defendedthe prisonS f ' ifr - mat tne

      prosecutor ana another nolicemnn ^ * re Garrod , were intrusted , in 1847 , with a ? ' nanie < l apprehend the . prisoner on a charge of < SvL rrant to that they repaired to his father ' s hoS'J " * past eight o ' clock on the night of th . iXl * January , 1848 , and finding the garden Jt of locked , they climbed over tho fence and rniT ? ad the house door , which was also fastened * V * some little interval old Mr . Willemont od < Lj ^ chamber window , and asked , who was thereat i " ' * was wanted . Ems replied , "I want vn " at " Robert ; " but being politely told that "he ° go and be , for he should not have his s ^ l ^ night , ' thepoliceman insisted on admission -i had a warrant , and would show it to the hW ¦ if they would come down and see it . The f Jif * ' hen withdrew his head , and the officers of 1 r * waited patiently for some ten minutes f } }? lapae of that time they repeated their sunimont T receiving no answer , broke open the door '

      -rusneu upstairs , as soon as they entered thev the father standing with a li ght in his bann ff inside the door , and a brother of he prisoner { i « way up the stairs ; with a stick . Ems passed n , latter , and just as he reached the landing herccei j a tremendous blow on tlie head from the prison who laid about most vigorously with a thick bron stick . The effect of this wound was to bring bloort " and as the prosecutor was staggering under it fh prisoner ' s brother knocked him down to the irroimri with his stick . This ; done the whole famil y w ] 2 seem to have decamped , leaving Garrod to carrv his disabled companion to Norwich Hospital as be «*

      he raight . —Mr .: cooper , in addressing the in echoed the statement of the prisoner , who , when he was taken on this charge , denied all knowledge of the prosecutor , and asserted that he took him for i housebreaker . rather than- an officer of justice charged to keep the peace . — -Mr ; Justice Wi ghtman left it to the jury to say whether they attached any credit to this statement , and they . having found the prisoner ' « Guilty'' of the whole charge , his lordshi p sentenced him to be transported for ten years ; the offence appearing to him to he one which called for the most severe punishment .

      The Diss . Bank RoBBEBT . r-The prisonera flir and Senior , who had confessed themselves guilty of the Diss Bank robbery , were brought up before the Lord Chief Baron to receive judgment . —His Lordship , in addressing the prisoners , said—Biofield John Rix and Henry Senior , you stand convicted upon admissions made by yourselves on your trial , that you were guilty of the offence charged upon you . You were , however , at the very moment of your confession , or the admission on your part , strongly recommended to mercy by the prosecutor who professed ; to have no ill will -towards either of you , but professed to have been—up to a certain pe . riod—faithfully . served . by both of you , and from

      wnom as well as . lrom the counsel , I collect that you had before , and up to that time , ; enjoyed a good reputation . . You appear to have moved in a societ y that would make any punishment of any sort to you one of considerable severity , and . in considering the punishment due to this . offence- ^ -presented te me without any circumstances of aggravation , and ap . pairing nakedly before me , as it has done , coupled also with the recommendation on the part of the prosecutor—I think I may well listen to suggestions of mercy as would naturally occur even to roy own mind , and especially with reference , to the station of life that you have filled—a station which renders every hour of imprisonment one of great suffering , coupled as it must be with all the restraints , and all the penal consequences , of such a punishment

      , and which mi ght make life intolerable if you were visited with that severity which the . law mi « ht require , if it appeared that there were any dark , any bad and wicked features in the offence beyond those which the indictment discloses . ' Under the circum * stances , therefore , of your being strongly recommended to mercy by the prosecutor , I teel myself justified in passing upon you , John Blofield Rix , the sentence of imprisonment for eighteen calender months , and upon you Henry Senior , that you be imprisoned for the space of twelve calendar months , and . that you both be kept to hard labour during the periods of your respective imprisonments . —On receiving this sentence , the elder prisoner , Rix , appeared , as he had hitherto done , perfectly unmoved , but Senior seemed much affected . :

      Shooting with intent to Mumer . —John Thim * blethorpe , aged 21 , was indicted on the charge of having , on the 26 th of July last , at Griston , fired a gun at Susan Lingwood , single woman , with intent td ' murder her .. Having heard the evidence adduced , the jury deliberated one hour and a half before they agreed . They then acquitted the prisoner . Desperate Affrav with Poachers on the Earl op Leicester ' s Estate . —J , Plegg ,- 26 , C Flegg , 28 , J . Frary , 23 , 0 . Magnus , 22 , W . Copes , 25 , and R . Wright , 28 , were indicted on the charge of having , on the night of the 24 th December last , armed with guns , stones , and bludgeons , entered certain land ; called the Ash Car , at Wighton , in the occupation of the Right Hon . the Earl of Leicester ,

      for tho purpose of taking game . Several witnesses were examined , after which his lordship summed up , and the jury consulted in the box for about half an hour , when the foreman announced that they were not likely to agree for some time . They were accordingly locked up , and , it being seven o ' clock , the court adjourned until half-past , nine , when his lordship returned , arid the jury having returned a verdict of " Guilty , " Oharles-Piegg was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour , and all the rest to twelve months , the last week to be solitary . In addressing the prisoners , his lordship censured the conduct of the . keepers towards Charles Flegg as wholly unjustifiable , and very brutal .

      KINGSTON . Wheeler v . the Bishop of Winchester . —This case occupied the court nearl y four days . The action was brought to try the right to certain waste lands , and whether they belonged to the p laintiff , claiming as lord of the manor of Churt , or to the defendant , who is lord of the manor of Farnham . A great many witnesses were examined on both sides , but it appeared to be pretty clearly made out on the part ot the ri g ht" reverend defendant thatuo such manor as Churt had ever existed , and that it was only one ofthe tithingsof themanor of Farnham . The jury stopped his lordship while he was in the course of summing up the case , and said they had made up their minds , and they at once returned a verdict for the defendant .

      Loss Of The Packet-Ship John R. Skiddy. ...

      LOSS OF THE PACKET-SHIP JOHN R . SKIDDY . The following letter , from Captain Shipley , gives an account of . the loss of his vesssel , and the rapacity of the wreckers on the coast of-Wexford : Salu-e , Gorey , April 3 . It litis become my melancholy duly to inform joil of ttlO total loss of the ship John It . Skiddy on Glnscarriek-beacn ( county of Wexford ) onthe night of the 1 st of April , at a quarter past eleven , being very thick aud raining at tns time , and having mistaken the light on Arklow-banlt tor Tusher . I had seen Bardsey- Island at nine o ' clock the same morning , and steered a course that I judged woultt carry me ' about midway between the Smales and' Tusher , but , by some unaccountable-means , the ship was drifted very materially out of her course . by the tides . I am happy to inform vou that the passengers and crew were landed i >

      safety , also the greater part of the baggage in gtiod order , and we ihall probably save the remainder in a damaged condition . -1 hare alto saved the sails , spars , and part of the stores . The ship lies within 200 - yards of the beach . Dihjed and very quiet , the water over ilie lower deck . If the weather should keep moderate , some part of the cargo may be saved , in a damaged state . I have abandoned the ship to Lloyd !* agent , who has meanow employed la unbending sails , < te . I think the natives of this part ofthe country the most abandoned seto £ villains It has eve * been roy misfortune to fall in with : they commenced sobbing " and plunderiflg the moment they came on board , a '"' - boat-load oS luggage , or stores landed , they were immeu » - tely seize * en by . the 'lawless villnini , in denwee ot me coast gu & sii arid police .

      Faes Railwats.—"Wo (J/Iib Advertiser) Ha...

      Faes Railwats . — "Wo ( J / iiB Advertiser ) have this week witnessed ,, at Mr ; Crossldll ' s Agricultura l Machine Works , Beverley , two sets of farm , rai wajs in working order * with turn tables , points , sittings , fto ., connected with portable moving ™ l 3 . . We were shown , ur ^ n what Mr . Orosskillcalls h i & two ton rail ; four-waggons . ! each loaucd with on * ton and a halfof sou , and one . with straw . . They were managed by ono ; horse and two men , . evi dently proving that niauure can be . put on , and . produce taken off the " land by ' those " railways . ' One great peculiarity in the use of this rail is that manual labouris so much cheaper than-withordinary roao- as one horse , with two men , will dofmore worH . than four horses and four men by-the presen t pi « n » Whilst admiring tho evident strength of ; tbe . rMB . and convinced by what . we witnessed of the giiw nmrrmYinnt . Ravine- in the number of men ana nor »«»

      which the use oftheso ; rails would effect . -we wei not , forgetful , that , -after , all , its , principal" com menda tibri would rbe its c heapness .,.-. We wp . P prised to'l earri that' their cost would not be . mp " tKariesVperyard . r- " , ; " ' ""'¦"''' " " " ' , ' .., > ,. ¦" ' lujttisa 6 * "the Poei Moons . —Letters have poe » receivedfroin . Sloperton , g ivinga most P ™ ' * ; count ; bt the ] deoaving . health of the : PQet * " •«» whose , dM & . „ WMVdaiW . app «? to . ded . ;> i * W . «" . months past MrV Moore hadnot left his room , aw altogether his condition was . considered hope less .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 13, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13041850/page/6/